The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-09

MILLS SPEECH.
THE LION OF ANTI DEMOC-
RACY.
SCOURAGES THE PROTES-
TANT AND CATHOLIC
sPRIESTHOOD.'
Ridicules the Church and Rasps
the Ministry.
A Speech Which He Could Not
Rivisc."

Reported for the State Central Prohibition
Executive Committee by Stenographer
Pates.
Mr.. Mills was then introduced by
Chairman Pendleton, and spoke as
follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION
This is an extraordinary assembly Of
the representative people OF Texas it
is an extraordinary occasion that con-
venes us.
=
To lay the foundation of this gov
eminent, they had the experience of
the history Of all the people in the
past; they studied all the govern
mcnts. If you will read the debates
on the federal constitution, you Will
see thpt they brought before them all
the ancient governments from the
curse Of Israel on down to the present
time; they founded this government
upon the eternal and imperishable
fact, that in the veins of the
Saxon people, there ran a blood
that was capable OF build
ing up governments and pre-
serving the liberty of the people lap
plause.1 The Legislature has submitted
TO us Il proposition. dictated by prot
estant priesthood of this State APP
plause1 submitted it to the people to be
decided on the 4th day of August next.
Are we going to cross our hands like
spaniels and slaves, and acknowledge
a government of their dictation ? That
Is the question that the free men OF Tex
rs have got to meet, and the question
which they have got to answer at the
ballot box: whether we are capable OF
self-governnent or not What was 1t
our fore-fathers said when they came to
sever this Continent from the British
Crown? What were tho great truths
they gave to the world in that declara-
ration? Something new, no kingcraft
or priestcraft ever heard such truths be-
fore All men are created equal lap
plause. There was the first funda-
mental truth there were to be no IA
vorites if one man had a right to eat
white bread, all men had the right to
eat white bread Applause If one
man could drink wine, all men had the
right Tapplause] there was to be no cX-
ception for medicinal, mechanical, sac
rimental or other purposes. This gov
eminent was not founded to protect and
propagate christianity. at the cost of
civil liberties the government was not
founded to establish Sunday Schools :;
the government was not founded to
draw any distinctions of caste, but it
was founded upon the broad principle,
that every man, be he prince or peas
ant, was equal.
Yet these people who have had this
amendment submitted to us to fight for
require us to say to the great body OF
the people of Texas, that they shall
manufacture no wine that they shall
raise no grapes, that they shall drink no
wine, but they as Il sort of priesthood,
are entitled to special benefits that
they are TO he favorites they are to he
excepted and have as much as they want
rapplause How would these people
have felt, if that majority had been re-
yersed; suppose that we were in the
majority and were to convince them on
the 4th of August. Applause. Snip
pose we had said in an amendment we
were having submitted, that everybody
should make and drink wine in this
State except for medicinal, mechanical,
sacramnetal and scientific purposes ?
1Applause.1 Well they would have